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CN Presents Winter Plan, Safety Awards

CN on Oct. 5 released its 2023-24 Winter Plan on the preparations under way to meet customer demand, as well as its 30th-annual Safe Handling Award honorees.

UP Launches Mexico-Southeastern U.S. Domestic Intermodal Service

Union Pacific (UP) announced that it is introducing a new intermodal service connecting rapidly growing industrial markets in Mexico to areas of high demand in the Southeastern U.S. via Memphis, Tenn.

FRA Issues Safety Advisory on Roadway Maintenance Machines

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a Safety Advisory emphasizing the importance of rules and procedures regarding the safety of roadway workers who operate or work near roadway maintenance machines (RMM).

GT38H Testing Under Way in Brazil

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, has delivered two EMD® GT38H locomotives to Rumo Logística (formerly América Latina Logística, ALL), Brazil’s largest railway operator. Rumo placed the order in September 2022. The GT38H, one

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RAILROAD SAFETY WHITE PAPER: ECP Brakes – Moving the Industry Through the 21st Century

This series began with multiple versions of a White Paper titled “Management of In-Train Forces.” The conclusions regarding the factors underlying the problem may have been controversial, but the theme was not. Likely

CN and Crowley are offering a new rail-to-vessel service, Mexico Gulf Express, from Canada to the Port of Tuxpan, Mexico.

Class I Briefs: CN, CSX, NS

CN partners with maritime and logistics company Crowley to offer Mexico Gulf Express service, and celebrates President and CEO Tracy Robinson’s latest achievement. Also, battery-electrics are coming to the CSX terminal at the Port of Baltimore; and Norfolk Southern (NS) launches an API Resource Platform, seeks an “Artist in Residence,” and announces a new video series hosted by Paul Duncan.

RailComm Transitions to Tracsis

Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm has rebranded as Tracsis North America, following its 2022 acquisition by Tracsis PLC Group, a provider of software, hardware, data analytics/GIS and services for the rail, traffic data and

Watco Electric Switchers Receive High Marks

After more than a year in production, Watco’s newly commissioned battery-powered switching locomotives are receiving high marks as they “outperform original assumptions around functionality and sustainability,” the short line holding company announced in the October 2023 issue of its magazine, The Dispatch.

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Hitachi Secures British Approval for Thales Acquisition

The two companies expect to receive clearance from the European Union for the deal early next month.

Border Issues Impact Trinity’s Quarterly Deliveries

Trinity Industries, Inc. (Trinity) on Oct. 3 announced that it delivered 4,325 new railcars in the third quarter, 685 units below the company’s third-quarter projection, due to “the closing of the U.S.-Mexico border by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP).”

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